Biggest Four line cat?

[OscarMan0315]

Anybody have a big one? Ive got a 6-7 inch one right now. What is the normal size they grow to?

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

My biggest one was ~14" TL. Be prepared that after getting to ~10"-12" TL it will be adding a LOT more girth. Despite being a foot-long SL fish mine weighed about 2-3 lbs

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?476310-Massive-Pimelodus-blochii

 

[jag14]

I'd like to find one of those for my tank. Have checked all the stores where I live and no one has them. I had 2 of them a few years back, very nice when they got big. My 75 needs a scavenger that won't fit in my jaguar's mouth!

 

[loureyes]

Mine is 10-12" but I have heard of them to get a little bigger

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

Nice. Can you share a pic?

Unfortunately, the matter is complicated by the fact that several different species in the Pimelodus genus are called 4-line pim, erroneously by almost all importers and LFSs. I think the only one that can be called that is Pimelodus tetramerus - the fish that clearly has 4 lines on its body http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=834. For example, Pimelodus blochii http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=653 is by far and large the most common contaminant in the shipments of young tetramerus and vise versa.

Just browse through this genus photos and you will see that many look alike, especially as babies/juvies http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/genus.php?genus_id=101#653

 

[Matt S]

I had one about 12 inches in with my SA/CA cichlids


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[greenbud]

I'd like to find one of those for my tank. Have checked all the stores where I live and no one has them. I had 2 of them a few years back, very nice when they got big. My 75 needs a scavenger that won't fit in my jaguar's mouth!

They come and go in waves up here just ask your LFS to bring them in on the next wave

 

[Experiment397]

If you want something a little bigger but very similar you ought to try and find an Ornate Pim, I had one for a while until he got cooked when the tank spiked to over 90 during a heater freak out in the summer. Hes in my profile pic since he is still my coolest fish ever along with my clown knife. He got to around 7" In 3 months but they reach almost 18 they are slimmer than a 4 line and they school if possible.


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[hackmaster]

Here's my 10" blochii I also have a smaller 6" 1 they have a love hate relationship


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